01/31/2011 - By Ximena Cabral and Katy Garcia
A long line of organized activists marched from the square of the artisans on Avenida San Martin to Plaza Prospero Molina. On your way down the main street spoke out against the dumps, aerial spraying, the establishment of mega landfills and pollution of watersheds.
also defended the full force of the 9526 Act which prohibits nuclear metal mining and uranium, under pressure from some employers and the National Commission of Atomic Energy (CNEA), could be declared unconstitutional.
O request fundamental work was the passage of provincial laws to apply throughout the territory. On the case: rules to curb the aerial spraying to control the use of pesticides, and the creation of a popular committee watershed. The Mothers Ituzaingó Annex, meanwhile, reported that exclusion zone achieved after 10 years of struggle now being loteada.
feathering, and the rhythm of music The protesters handed out leaflets to the hundreds of festival-goers.
In its wake, were greeted by Fernando "Pino" Solanas militants and South Project who were in the mountain city in election campaign. There was a front to escrache street rock Cadena 3 and eventually became the starting point where there was a mystique of the native peoples. Martin Carranza
Wake Córdoba told him Prensared that "this move in defense of natural assets has been brewing over the years and this has been special because they have joined other organizations and assemblies with different problems," adding that "this is a very large, happiness, because after the defeat by the Forest Act this is a starting point for a bigger and open call. I am convinced that we must organize and translate that claim to public areas, "he said.
The folklore capital
Cosquín is one of the places where cultural and artistic currents converge popular. At the same time, the rock city street is also home to the mass culture that lies on a commercial logic of the "popular" music on big stages and renown.
This feature was present yesterday in the streets coscoínas where since the protest sought to dispute a deeper meaning to the concepts of land and folk roots. "The love of our nature, present in many songs, now requires a new poetry and new attitudes", was printed in one of the flyers.
The songs, the stencils, the sounds of the march claimed then other senses in the land of folklore. Gerardo Mesquida, member of "Stop the Spraying, used this communication tool and street, including one painted and one explained that" the social organizations know that art is a form of struggle as Horacio Banegas said, if the song does not relieve the pain of those in the land of no use to be the voice of the truck farmer. "
addition to pointing out the possibility of expression within the framework of the festival said other senses of the movement in that city: "We know that many times since the oligarchy Cosquín also setting is an icon representing that other rural sector is plundering and taking away our nutrients to fatten cattle overseas. "
" So, this march is an expression to let you know our country our environmental claims are represented at the UAC, mining, and glaciers and spraying water (...) and at most circumstantial to socialize and show that we change the law management pesticides in the province to ban aerial spraying, setting 1500-meter strip of land away from spraying beekeeping and agro-ecological production of all housing and waterways, "he said. Arriving
Miranda to bar some flashes up and captured the flag of the assembly Córdoba City wakes turned around to face the bar tables. Meters below reading "is not a city Andalgalá expendable" flags of protection to the law of glaciers, and "No to mining mega" Wake Ongamira marking the presence of the fight around the mining.
"Always be attentive to what happens. Are leading to the plateau area of \u200b\u200bthe mining project where there is very little water and this means people will no longer be live there, "said Roberto , accompanied by his wife. They came from Esquel to vacation. Esquel
example of struggle and organization to stop the advance mining, is again on standby, although previous experience and let the networks and local contacts to meet the initiative: "The organization not the mine is present and although not organize marches follows the open local information but still in touch with the struggles present and are part of the Union of Citizens Assemblies, "he said.
A little here, the local presence were present denouncing how the problem of waste has been installed in the mountainous area. Ivan, Neighborhood Punilla, recounted the creation of the organization when the government announced it would make three mega landfills in province, one of them very near Cosquín
"We started in a more reactive defense when we learned that we wanted to throw the garbage here and then we began to develop a personal project where we propose that each municipality assumes responsibility recycling its own waste, "he said.
With regard to the proposed mega landfill stated: "Imagine the consequences of centralizing the dirt, not to separate organic from inorganic, pollution is immediate, and the government all he cares about is pulling away and not notice. " Stop spraying
"Organizations and assemblies are present throughout the country and permanent mobilization. Andalgalá, Bethlehem, Esquel, Salta, Jujuy and a lot of towns and provinces," resonated on the speaker icon to turn down the street Catamarca and stop before a street show. "Stop spraying, stop poisoning, stop unmount chanted a group that grabbed the attention of guitar players at the end of the track welcomed and supported.
Sofia Gatica and Maria Godoy, Annex Ituzaingó Mothers came up to accompany Cosquín mobilization and make new complaints. "The amazing thing is that after ten years of struggle to obtain an extension of the border and make an exclusion zone to avoid being sprayed, these areas are currently being loteados and will put people on the land poisoned. Are opening streets and that's the new struggle that is coming " Sofia said. For Maria Godoy
the subdivisions are crazy. "You say some rural area and from the municipal state not controlled. We made notes and have not received any response. Deceive people because they are lands that have no service and are on contaminated land, "he said.
On the other hand said they are awaiting the start date for the trial of two soybean producers where the municipality is the complainant. "It's not just the soy, are the officials responsible for acts and omissions which are also responsible for the deaths and illnesses in Annex Ituzaingó neighborhood," he said.
For its part, Cecilia Carrizo research clarified that, currently, is working on regulations of the law but according to his view should be modified. "We are talking about the regulation of chemicals law based on the discourse of good practice . This would mean that if things are as they should address the problem. But nobody applies well.
"Airplanes are not allowed, no registration or flight control. So we are proposing a reform of the law and we want to make a cordon because the problem not only those who are sick but to biodiversity. In Europe, aerial spraying is banned, "he argued. Gerardo
Mesquida, meanwhile, clarified that "the existence of several similar ordinances as the City of Villa Park, Villa General Belgrano, Anisacate, San Francisco and Mendiolaza test case to fight the law not only provincial but national law. With respect to the National Law pressures suffered by the political currents that were promoted back and remove the issue of banning aeroaplicadores.
approaching it as if it were a matter of "jobs" this would divert the discussion because it "can not prevail productivist vision to life of the people who are green belts" he said and then argued about the perversion of this vision where current production is outsourced in sickness and pollution. "That's not uploaded on the final cost, for example, the price of grain sold to Europe," he said.
Water collapse Cordobesas
Gustavo Spedale, the Córdoba Coordinator in Defense of Water and for Life (CCoDAV) , spoke from his own experience as denounced the issues and policies related to water and have had no media exposure.
Specifically, he remarked that they did not just repeated reports about the collapse of the borrower Water Cordobesas and lack of investment in the system but the new policies on water that rush over the next five years.
"The recent announcement of the creation of Provincial Water Resources Management (Aprhi), autonomous body that replaced the DiPAS, media coverage was almost non-existent in relation to advocacy that will on water control, "said
" The extent of the creation of this agency is based on a Chilean model gives a English company to make water banks to sell such mining. Here, banks would water for agriculture. Until such time as the Provincial Directorate of Hydraulics there was a policy with these implications. The body, composed of officials appointed by the provincial executive, would take five years the power of ownership over the water code, issue new codes, to move along the shore lines ... are the ultimate authority of the water and without any control, " With
reported for the river and reservoirs of water for human consumption, said that "in the interior, all Punilla basins are destroyed. Not contained in any press in any media is desperate. A night in Tulumba, dig little wells of water. In Bialet Massé are making homes but do not give water connection. This all hidden here, but something will happen, water is essential, people can not live without water, "he said.
also added that Sierras Chicas, Capilla del Monte, Cruz Chica, Huerta Grande, Cosquín, Mirador del Lago, La Calera, Salsipuedes and Rio Ceballos, receive often scarce water undrinkable or loaded from rivers or streams contaminated people who drink water contaminated with arsenic, such as those providing the aqueduct Villa Maria - San Francisco, rivers and streams disappear by the uncontrolled extraction of groundwater for soy monoculture are part of non-agenda.
The world upside down
One of the participants of the demonstration was Chauque Jeremiah. Together with his father, the singer-songwriter, Rubén Patagonia long struggles that accompany all the health and the environment. Jeremiah's commitment is not only artistic. The same load with a criminal for trying to stop a spraying pesticides in the village where he chose to live with his wife and children.
"We are living Cosquín as an encounter between those who live in this country. The important thing is to recover the culture, customs, traditions, dances, but fundamentally it must also be a place to claim our right to live healthy and to respect our territory, "he told this means the end of the move.
"In this topsy-turvy world where we live, it is dangerous to me, the invading private property, because decided to say no, because we said wait! There are kids here, the law does not protect us. So, I have a criminal because my partner decided to oppose, "he said. Patagonia
Born in Santa Fe but chose to live with his family in a small town eventually was surrounded by soybean plantations.
"We are threatened, but we must commit ourselves because we want our children to grow from and with the land, so we decided to choose our lifestyle. We have our own garden and animals that now we are dying," he expands.
The musician also recalled that pesticides are not an invention some: "Exposure to pesticides exists and causes damage and not me, there are doctors who work at this. In the village and there are children born with birth defects who were born blind, with low weight etc... "
On this issue, Medardo Avila , take fumigated Peoples Doctors said that "as health professionals live daily the suffering of our patients. We believe this issue is not incorporated into the political agenda and see the urgency of protecting water, soil, land of a number of pollutants being generated by the production system extractive prevails in Argentina "-
As a member of the University Network for Environment and Health, the doctor announced that the next meeting will analyze medical fumigated other issues such as pesticides used in Argentina and Cordoba in particular they are the most poisonous. This is not known and are used without any control, "he said. Presence
Qom
The representative of the community of Formosa wichi Oscar Wais part in the protest showing how the issue of land, indigenous peoples and repression is the other side of the conflict within the plundering of the natural commons.
In November, two members of the community Spring Chaco were killed in an attempted eviction with direct involvement of the police and government orders Infraín. The eviction, as argued, occurred because the ground-there are so many others - was intended for the University, for his part, maintained radio silence on the brutal aggression.
"There were two brothers dead and it seems that the death of the Indians does not mean anything. You can not understand that these things happen 21 century, "said Oscar, who yesterday invited by Bruno Arias took the stage Cosquín over and next to community leader Felix Diaz demanded justice.
"We are in a camp in federal capital on 9 December last year. Two months. We make art and poetry gatherings and cultural activities with musician friends and a changed young man who has joined and we are happy about that. But very sad for deafness and blindness of the national state and society that is indifferent, "he said bitterly.
Felix Diaz, is being persecuted and threatened with death. "They have burned clothing, housing and documents. And we're thinking to seek other measures and hit your foot on the accelerator and in February to a hunger strike with total fasting until justice and respect for human rights, "said Oscar.
also accused the provinces and the national state does not enforce laws that prohibit the clearing, evictions and pollution. "We do not need pictures of Bangladesh and Biafra, what we have here. 30 years ago is happening, "plotted.
These testimonies "raw" show persecution, threats, killings and the most varied forms of theft that are delimiting the territorial geography. These experiences add up those who are betting to another system that defends life where the roots can give flowers and fruits. In the land of folklore, "we are walking to raise awareness" repeated over and over again through the megaphone.
Escrache to Cadena 3 street
The rocks are another attraction for artists who are beginning to take its first steps and the public that turns on and starts dancing right there. Chain on stage 3, located diagonally across the church and stands next to the Formosa and Chaco, the group roared Raza Viva. Hence the column was halted their march.
All quiet. But phrases "Mario Pereyra and Rony Vargas, accomplices heard clear and compelling. On this episode Prensared Carranza told that "it is something I feel in my soul for many years and I think must be the beginning of a systematic escrache."
"We have to realize that these people are functional to all corporations. Mario Pereyra lying and hiding information. And if we hear a bit from beginning to end programming, we see that is paid for by companies engaged in agribusiness . And this was the beginning of a healthy attitude against a medium that dominates the radio market based on deception and hypocrisy, "he said.
Cecilia Carrizo also said he sent information is never disclosed. "It is a violence against us. We killed shipping things to the website and radio and nothing. I think there should be more balanced and pluralistic information, "he said.
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